Is CVE-2021-27018 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-27018 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-27018?

CVE-2021-27018 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-27018?

CVE-2021-27018 has an EPSS score of 0.54% (42th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-27018?

Upgrade remediate to 2.0.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-27018

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The mechanism which performs certificate validation was discovered to have a flaw that resulted in certificates signed by an internal certificate authority to not be properly validated. This issue only affects clients that are configured to utilize Tenable.sc as the vulnerability data source.

CWE-295Improper Certificate Validation

How to fix

Remediation Available

remediateNVD

Affected:< 2.0.1Fixed in:2.0.1CVE-2021-27018derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.54%probability of exploitation in 30 days

42ndpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 42% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

puppet.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-295 (Improper Certificate Validation) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2015-4000	Low	3.7	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-0601	High	8.1	89%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2009-3555	Critical	9.8	87%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-26923	High	8.8	83%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-27823	Critical	9.8	53%	-	-
CVE-2022-42979	High	8.8	24%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.